Comments on: Idiogbon kuro wariri http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/idiogbon_kuro_wariri_.html black looks Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:48:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Ike Okonta http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/idiogbon_kuro_wariri_.html#comment-92523 Ike Okonta Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:29:49 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/idiogbon_kuro_wariri_.html#comment-92523 This is a great story, part of the treasure trove of Africa - that fabled land of all beginnings. Incidentally, Sokari's piece also brings to mind that powerful song by Victor Uwaifo about the 'Guitar Boy' who enconters a 'mammy wata' (water goddess). The great Edo-African musician sings thus: 'If you see mammy wata -O! If you see mammy wata-O! Never never you run away Never run away!' -Ike This is a great story, part of the treasure trove of Africa - that fabled land of all beginnings. Incidentally, Sokari’s piece also brings to mind that powerful song by Victor Uwaifo about the ‘Guitar Boy’ who enconters a ‘mammy wata’ (water goddess). The great Edo-African musician sings thus:

‘If you see mammy wata -O!
If you see mammy wata-O!
Never never you run away
Never run away!’

-Ike

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/idiogbon_kuro_wariri_.html#comment-63652 Sokari Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:10:05 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/idiogbon_kuro_wariri_.html#comment-63652 Beauty @ You made my day by passing by and as always your words are kind and full of love and support. Yes the spirits ARE everywhere and walk and in the case of the water people, they swim with you. On a quiet early morning when the sun is rising you can sometimes see the outline of blue tinged mermaids crying tears over the destruction of their home. How do we see the tears in the water? We see them because they are stained with oil. Beauty @ You made my day by passing by and as always your words are kind and full of love and support.

Yes the spirits ARE everywhere and walk and in the case of the water people, they swim with you. On a quiet early morning when the sun is rising you can sometimes see the outline of blue tinged mermaids crying tears over the destruction of their home. How do we see the tears in the water? We see them because they are stained with oil.

]]> By: Beauty http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/idiogbon_kuro_wariri_.html#comment-63643 Beauty Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:04:05 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/idiogbon_kuro_wariri_.html#comment-63643 I would say spirits are everywhere and their origins are in every culture on the planet. This story mirrors the one about the mist people from the Canadian tales. It ended like this "The fish are gone, the rivers and creeks polluted with oil waste, the mangroves dried and dead." That is what they call development. I would say spirits are everywhere and their origins are in every culture on the planet. This story mirrors the one about the mist people from the Canadian tales. It ended like this “The fish are gone, the rivers and creeks polluted with oil waste, the mangroves dried and dead.” That is what they call development.

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